Adolf timpe



(No Modem A. TIMPB.

SNAP CATCH.

,006. 4Patented Aug. 12, 1890.

me cams uns co., Fumo-umm, wAsmNavon, u. c.

vwith the catches b'y hand; and the object of UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ADOLF TIMPE, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

SNAP-CATCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,006, dated August 12, 1890.

Application iiled June 18, 1890. Serial No. 855,il79. (No model.) Patented in England October 22, 1889, N0.16,635.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLF TIMPE, a citizen of the German Empire, and a residentof Manchester', in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Traveling-Bags, (said in vention having been patented to me in Great Britain October 22, 1889, No. 16,635,) of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to hand, traveling, and similar bags in which the ends of the frames at the mouth of the bag are additionallyfastened and secured in the closed position by vertical bolts actuated by slides, the bolts engaging with staples or catches formed on the under side of the opposite part of the frame to that to which the slides and bolts are secured. In such-bags the bolts have at presentto be moved into and out of engagement these improvements 'is to secure the automatic engagement of the bolts with the staples on the closing of the bag.

In carrying out this invention I secure to the overlapping part of the mouth of the frame behind each of the verticalbolts asteel spring having a detent formed or secured upon or connected to its outer end in such a manner that when the bolt is moved back by means of the slide before opening the bag the bolt is caught and held by the detent. Upon the closing of the bag it is arranged that the staple or some iixed part of the frame comes into contact with the spring or with the detent and displaces the detent to such an extent as to liberate the bolt. Another spring is arranged to press against the bolt or the slide to which the bolt is attached in a direction tending to force the bolt into engage? ment with the catch when the bag is closed. By this arrangement the closing of the bag liberates the bolt from the detent, and the bolt is instantly forced by the second spring into engagement with the staple.

I will proceed to more particularly de scribe in what manner my invention may be carried into practical eifect,with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section showing the position of the bolt, slide, and detent when the bag is closed. Fig. 2 is a transn verse section of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a section simi Fig. 6 is an inverted plan of the open frame.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a bag having these improvements applied thereto; and Figs. 8, 9, 10, and l1 are details of a modified construction'.

In each of the figures in which similar parts or details are represented they are indicated by similar letters ot reference.

A is the overlapping part of the bag-frame.

B is the opposite part of the mouth of the bag-frame. I

C is the bolt.

D is a slide ot' ordinary construction, to which the bolt is attached.

E is the detent-spring, which may be attached to any convenient part of the frame A, and it may be a flat spring, as shown in Fig. l, or a bent spring, as shown in Figs. 8 to 1l.

F is a detent formed upon or connected to the spring E.

G is the catch or staple, which may be of ordinary construction, but With a slightlylonger opening than usual, and which is fixed upon or secured to the opposite part B ofthe frame in such a position that it will engage- With the bolt C when the bag is closed.

H is the second spring, the function of which is to force the bolt forward as soon as it is released.

The frames employed are of ordinary or they may be of any suitable construction, and either of the kind in which the leather or material of the bag is stitched to the frame, Figs. l and 2, or in which it is riveted to the frame, Figs. 3 and 4, or of any other suitable kind. Before the bag can be opened the slides D must be moved backward, thus carrying the bolts C C out of engagementwith the staples G G. This movement of the bolts brings them beyond the detents F, which are then forced forward by their springs into the position shown in Figs. 3,4, 6,10, and 1l,when they engage With and hold the bolts securely. In closing the bag the staple or catch Gpresses against the detent F or the Yspring to which the detent is attached, and thus forces the detent out of engagement with the bolt,where IOS upon the spring H forces the slide and bolt forward into engagement with the staple G, and thus attains the saine object as if the slide D were pushed forward by hand, as in existing bags. The opening of the staple is preferably made a little longer than in the ordinary construction, so as to enable the Staple to be pushed sufficiently forward in closing the bag to entirely displace the detent.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim isl. The combination, with the two parts of the mouth of a traveling-bag frame, of a spring-bolt secured to one part, a detent secured to the saine part and adapted to engage with the bolt when drawn back, and a catch secured to the other part of the frame and adapted to come in contact with the detent and allow the bolt to engage with the catch when the two parts of the frame are closed together, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the overlapping part of atraveling-bag frame, of a spri n g-bolt depending through said partha springdetent arranged below said overlapping part to engage with and hold the bolt retracted when the bag is opened, and a catch upon the other part of the frame arranged to enter below the overlapping part and force back the detent to allow the bolt to engage with it, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the part A of a bag-frame, of the slide D, having the bolt C, depending through a slot in the part A,a spring Il, to actuate the slide and'bolt, a

y spring E, having a hook F, to engage with the bolt, and a catch or staple G, secured to the part B of the frame, arranged when the bag is closed to disengage the hook from the bolt and permit the spring H to operate, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my naine, in presence of two witnesses, this 5th day of June, 1890.

ADOLF TIMPE.

Vitnesses:

S. XV. ROWE, GEO. HAYs. 

